Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sci34hub!gary
From: gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: new Pink Floyd newsgroup
Summary: Let's expand this concept a little....
Message-ID: <475@sci34hub.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 89 02:04:14 GMT
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I'd like to make a suggestion, here. We seem to have a proliferation
of newsgroups under rec.music for individual artists and groups. These
could be lumped together under the classification "shows" (since
virtually all of them perform publicly at one time or another--
Steeley Dan being a notable exception). There's currently four
(r.m.beatles, r.m.dylan, r.m.gaffa, and r.m.gdead) and now a 
Pink Floyd newsgroup being proposed. As the net continues to grow
(at least, we all hope so :-) ) there will probably be more.

How about creating a news sub-hierarchy under rec.music that all
of these could be placed into? I suggest rec.music.shows to hold 
these individualized groups. Other possible names might be "bands",
"artists", or "groups" (even the individual "names" generally carry
a band with them; they just get together a new bunch for each tour).

For those who have favorite shows, this would allow better tracking
of what's going on, and make it easier to find out about other 
shows of interest. (Psssst...it'll also clean up the namespace a
little, but don't tell anyone...)

Incidentally, I recommend the term "shows" because that's the term
used in the industry--I used to be a theatrical support technician.
(This job pays better and is less hassle--and there isn't any glory
for the grunts in that business, either.)

-- 
    Gary Heston     { uunet!sci34hub!gary  }    System Mismanager
   SCI Technology, Inc.  OEM Products Department  (i.e., computers)
      Hestons' First Law: I qualify virtually everything I say.